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M. L. KISSELL.

OULTIVATOR.

No. 544,102. Patnted Aug. 6, 1895.

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3 Sheets-Sheet 3 M. L.KIS SELL. GULTIVATOR.

Patented Aug, 6, 1895.

1 94 Means UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN L. KISSELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE? P. P. MAST 8: COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

C-U LTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,102, dated August 6, 1895.

' Application filed September 1'7, 18 94. Serial No. 528,208. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. KIssELL, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cultivators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawlugs. v

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cultivators.

The invention is designed as an improvement upon that set forth in Letters Patent granted to the P. P. Mast 65 Company as my assignee on May 26, 1891, numbered 453,010, for

cultivators. In the cultivator of that patent necessity arose in practice, as ascertained by the extensive manufacture and sale of the same, for a means of laterally adjusting the outer beams when sudden and marked crookedness was met with in rows of corn. In my present invention I have provided for carrying these outer beams, which are laterally rigid, to' one side by deflecting the wheels at I an angle to the axle or archp In doing this I have arranged to relieve the operator of the labor of manually moving more than one shovel in the act of deflecting the Wheels.

Accordingly the general object and underlying principle of this my present invention consists in constructing the cultivator with a set of laterally-rigid beams, a set of laterallyflexible beams, and intermediate connections between one of said flexible beams and swiv- 5 eled wheels, so that all of the beams of the machine, with their shovels, may be shifted laterally as the machine proceeds forward by manually operating but one of the beams in a lateral direction. Y

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved cultivator; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a partial rear elevation and 5 sectional view; Fig. 4, a detailed rear view,

partly in section, of one end of the arch, the

beam coupling, the swivelframe, and the beam connection; Fig. 5, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 a section and plan detail of the beam connection for the swivelframe.

To an arch A, I connect the members B of a divided tongue by a suitable clip and bolts C. The tongue members are braced by a cross-piece D and carry a transverse bar E, 5 5 from which are suspended the draft-links F, which carry thejointed draft-rods G. A yoke H is pivoted to the under side of the crosspiece D and is connected by rods or straps I with the arms J of the wheel swivel-frames, 6o composed of such arms J and a casting K and spindle L. The spindles carry the wheels M, and the castings K and arms J are either formed together or are bolted or riveted, as shownatO. Theseswivel-framesareswiveled to the arch A j ust inside of the wheelsby means of stout gudgeons P, on which the frames are pivoted, as shown, and have sleeves Q fitted to the arch and held by setscrews R. Thus both wheels are swiveled to the axle and thus both swivel-frames are interconnected, so that a movement of either arm J will cause a corresponding movement in the other arm J, except that as onearm moves rearward the other arm moves forward, and vice versa. 7 5 I'will now describe the means for operating one of these arms J. This consists of one of the shovel-beams S, preferably the one on the right-hand side of the machine. This beam is of any approved type, preferably of that shown, being made of a stout bar of iron curved downward and inclined forward to form the standard T, to which the shovel is attached. Sometimes a guard U is also carried by each of these beams. A couplingsleeve V is fitted to roll'smoothly on each horizontal part/of the arch and is recessed to receive a collar W, held by a set-screw X, to maintain the coupling-sleeves against sliding laterally. Each of these sleeves is cast with three projections a, b, and 0, respectively. To a is connected by a coupling-bolt e the bracketf, to which the beam S is bolted. To

each projection b is rigidly bolted or otherwise fastened a beam g, which is laterally 5 rigid. Each projection c has a series of holes, in either of which the drattlinks G are engaged, so as to pull more or less downward upon these outer beams g, according to the condition ofground, or so as to pull in about the same horizontal plane with the spindlecenters, so as not to exert much, if any, pulling-down strain on the said outer beams.

Referring again to the right-hand beam S, it will be seen that its bracket f has a lateral to 5 arm f, which by a connection h is connected to the adjacent arm J of the swivel-frame. This arm has a series of holes in it, as seen in Figsa and 5, with either of which the connection h is engaged, so as to vary the quickness and also the degree of deflection of the wheels by a lateral movement in either direction of the said beam S. The connection h carries a bushing t', through which a pin or boltj passes to pivot them together. Thus it will be seen that by laterally moving this beam the wheels will be deflected and the machine will bodily shift its position sidewise, more or less, and will carry with it the outer laterally-rigid beams g, and yet the operator has had to manipulate but a single beam, with its single shovel to resist him by lateral pressure against the soil. The draft-animals perform the remaining labor of overcoming the lateral resistance of the soil to the one or more shovels carried by each of the laterallyrlgid beams. The other beam S is or is not swung laterally at its rear end by the operator when the above operation is taking place, according to circumstances. If it is so swung, then the operator is simply performing with these two beams S the same labor he has always performed in swinging his two beams sidewise, but in this machine the additional shovels required to do the work are carried by the additional laterally-rigid beams, which are thus laterally manipulated essentially by the draft-animal.

I regard myself as the first and only person who has by laterally manipulating one cultitor-beam thereby caused the machine to shift its position laterally and to carry with it laterally-rigid beams, each of which carries the one or more necessary additional shovels, and I therefore wish to be understood as broadly claiming an organization of mechanism in a cultivator which carries out this principle in practice.

It will be understood that by raising or lowering eitherof the beams S the coupling-sleeve V will be rocked or rolled on the arch, and that the rigid beams will also thereby be raised or lowered. Each of the beams S has its handle S of the usual type, and each of the rigid beams is connected by links and chains with a spring Z secured to arms n, projecting from the clips 0, so as to assist in elevating both the rigid and the pivoted beams.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cultivator, the combination with an axle, a frame swiveled to the axle near each end thereof, a wheel carried by each frame, shovel beams coupled to the axle, and one of them connected with one of said frames, and one or more of the remaining beams rigid laterally, and a direct connection between said frames, so that by laterally moving on its pivotal joint with the axle the beam which is attached to one of. said frames, both of said frames are, by such beam, thereby swung on their pivots.

2. In a cultivator, the combination with an axle, a frame swiveled thereto near each end thereof, wheels carried by said frames, two sets of beams connected with said axle, the beams of each set being interconnected in a rotary direction, one beam of one set connected to one of said frames, and a direct connection between said frames, so that by latererally moving on its pivotal joint with the axle the beam which is attached to one of said frames, both of said frames are by said beam thereby swung on their pivots.

3. Ina cultivator, the combination with an arched axle and its tongue, a frame swiveled to the axle near each end thereof, a pivoted yoke and bars connecting the respective ends of the yoketo the respective frames, of a coupling sleeve on the axle near each frame, a rigid and a pivoted beam connected to each sleeve, one of the pivotal beams being connected with one of the swivel frames, whereby the beams of each set are raised and lowered by operating one beam of each set, and whereby the whole machine is run off laterally by manually operating one beam in a lateral d irection.

4. In a cultivator, the combination with an arched axle audits tongue, a yoke pivoted to the tongue, a bar connected to each end of the yoke, a frame swiveled to each end of the axle, each frame having an arm connected to the yoke bars respectively.

5. In a cultivator, the combination with an arched axle, a frame swiveled to the axle near each end thereof, a sleeve on the axle inside of each swivel-frame, an outside beam fastened rigidly to each sleeve, an inside beam pivoted to each sleeve on a vertical bolt, a lateral projection on one of the latter beams and a connection between it and one of the frame arms.

6. In a cultivator, the combination with an arched axle and its tongue, draft rods sus pended from the tongue and a sleeve on the axle with whichsaid rods are engaged, a beam rigidly secured to the sleeve, and a beam pivoted to the sleeve, a frame swiveled to the axle, a wheel carried by the frame, and a connection between the pivoted beam and the said frame, whereby the draft is utilized to draw both beams toward the ground, and whereby one beam is manipulated laterally to deflect the rigid beam, and up and down to raise and lower both beams.

7. In a cultivator, the combination with an axle, of a frame swiveled thereto and having an arm, a beam connected to the axle and having a vertical pivot, and a lateral projection, and a connection between said projection and the frame arm adjustable to and from the bearings of the frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN L. KISSELL.

Witnesses:

O. C. KIRKPATRICK, J. W. SPAHR. 

